- Poems and
Stories
- written by
- Children Of
Migrant Workers
- excerpts from, I Will Always Stay
Me
- edited by Sherry Kafka and Robert Coles
- Texas Monthly Press, Inc. 1982
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Someone
Coming
- Someone coming
- Who could it be?
- A flash of red
hair.
- A stomp of feet.
- Oh, just a
teacher,
- coming to my
desk.
- I thought I did
something.
- All of a sudden
- I sat still....
- The teacher
smiled.
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- Rosa Cadena
- Grade 6
- Carrizo Springs
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My
World
- My world is in Brackettville because
I enjoy life in Brachettville. I
go to school to learn and to meet friends. But that does not mean that
I do not have to go to work, because we always have to leave before school is
even out to work like a dog.
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What I hate most of all is to leave my school and my friends for summer
work. I never have the time to have fun with my friends, like the guys
who are rich, or think they are.
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Us poor Mexicans have to work like a dog to have nice things.
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- Victor Hernandez
- Grade 7
- Brackettville
Work
When we went
to Nebraska, we worked in the field. We had to cut out the plants that did
not belong there. It was hard work. We had to work out in the
sun. That's why I am a little black, because I take off my clothes and the
other thing I have on is a muscle shirt and some shorts. I only made two
dollars, because my mother took some money away from us. After school
ends, we are going to Nebraska again. I hope I make lots of money so I can
buy something for me. If I make twenty-five dollars, I might buy a little
puppy.
- Marina Sanchez
- Grade 6
- Dilley
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- People
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- At our motel people come
and go.
- Some are really very nice
to know.
- There are those who are
honest and pay
- But there are some who
sneak away.
- Some people are kind and
sweet
- And keep their rooms clean
and neat.
- Yet, some people are mean
and rude
- They leave their room full
of trash and food.
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- Bobby Vargos
- Grade 4
- Pearsall
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- I promised my Family
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- I promised my family
that I was going to finish school. I don't know if
- I 'm going to
college. Next year I am going to be in sixth grade, if I pass to the sixth
grade, I like to read funny stories about animals like snakes, and tell what
happened in the story. We aren't suppose to talk Spanish in the room
because Mr. Moore said we need to learn English. My father and mother
didn't finish school. My father doesn't know how to read, and my mother
only knows how to read a little. That's why I want to finish school.
- Beulah Ramirez
- Grade 5
- Dilley
How?
- How can people
pretend they like you,
- when deep inside
they really don't?
- How can they
say, "Hi,"
- when what they
want to say is "Bye"?
- How can they
say, "You look great!"
- when they don't
really mean it?
- Who are they
fooling? Me?
- Do they really
think so?
- The only people
they fool
- are those with
an ignorant mind.
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- Kristie Rodriquez
- Grade 7
- Crystal City
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